The School for Lies

by David Ives
adapted from The Misanthrope by Molière
directed by Barbara Gaines

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Highly recommended! Gaines and her actors seize hold of Ives’ words, and run

Chicago Sun-Times

The Play

Molière’s wit meets its match in this saucy, scintillating new adaptation. Tony Award-nominee David Ives’ deliciously off-color tribute to The Misanthrope stuffs a seventeenth-century farce full of contemporary slang—with results worthy of a Baroque reality show. Amid a glittering world of gossip, glamour and scandal, a gaggle of misbehaving characters chatter away in hilarious rhyming couplets. The ensemble features acclaimed Stratford Festival actors—and real-life husband and wife—Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay. Staged by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines in the uniquely personal setting of CST’s Courtyard Theater, this blissfully entertaining night promises to keep you laughing all the way home.